Griddle-greaser



(No Model.)

M. L. W. ADAMS.

I GRIDDLE GREASER. No. 872,648. Patented NOV. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY L. "W. ADAMS, OF NASHOTAH, \VISCONSIN.

GRlDDLE-GREASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,648, dated November 8,1887.

Application filed March 8, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. W. ADAMS, a citizen -of the United States, residing at Nashotah, in the county of \Vaukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Griddle 4 Greasers, which are fullyset forth in the following specification, reference-being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view showing the construction of my improved griddle-greaser without the swab and with a part of the handle broken out. Fig. 2 shows the same on its edge with a swab clamped in place.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The object of my invention is to supply a ready, quick, cleanly, easilyoperated, and cheap device for said purpose; and to that end I construct my device as follows, namely:

I take awire of suitable size and length and bend it near its middle twice at right angles, so as to leave a straight portion, a, of the desired width of the apparatus, and corrugate the two sides, a, thus formed laterally in and out, and again bend said sides a, each toward the other, so as to form two arms, a lying in At about the center part of the rectangle so formed the ends of the wire are again bent back at right angles, and so as to be parallel and alongside each other, after which they are twisted, so as to form a stiff and solid handle, a terminating in a ring, at In order to stifi'en the handle still more, the ends forming the handle may be formed into a ring, a, at their center and the outer end brought back parallel with the first halves, so as to form four parallel rods, which are then twisted together into a solid handle, as shown in Fig. 1. \Vithin the frame formed of the rectangle a a a? is next placed a Serial No. 280,072. (No model.)

bail, b, and within the latter a bail, 0, each hinged to the parts or arms a near the sides a. Said bails may have their upper parts corresponding with a of the same height or distance from the arms a, so as to belaterally opposite each other; but the construction here shown, in which each bail is shorter than the one next to it, is preferred, because it tends to press the swab e into a corrugated form, and therefore to hold it more securely. Around the said frame and bails is then placed a wire loop, d, which is held atits ends in the notches of the sides a. Thesaid loop d may be slipped up and down by the elasticity of the sides a. Said loop at is held from slipping down over the handle either by the hinges on the bails or by forming an enlarged spur at the corners or junctions of a (L as shown at a" in broken lines.

To put a swab, 6, into the apparatus, slip the loop d down on the hinges of the bails or spurs a hold the shortest bail, c, midway between the widely-opened parts a I), then pass the swab under the bail c and pass its ends up between the bails a b, and then slip the ring up as high as it will go, and the apparatus will be ready for use.

What I claim is-* 1. A griddle-greaser formed of a wire frame, a a a", and handle a whereof the sides a are corrugated, in combination with bails b 0, loop (I, and swab e, substantially as specified.

2. A griddle-greaser formed of a rectangular frame having corrugated sides a, spurs a, and handle a, in combination with bails b 0, loop d, and swab c, substantially as specified.

MARY L. W. ADAMS. 

